Myriam Westcott

Audiologist

Myriam Westcott is a director of Dineen Westcott Moore Audiology having joined the practice in 2000. She is an experienced Audiologist, with specialised interests in aural rehabilitation;tinnitus,hyperacusis,acoustic shock disorderassessment and management; and central auditory processing assessment.

Myriam started her audiological working life at National Acoustic Laboratory (NAL, now known as Australian Hearing) for six years. Her commitment to hearing rehabilitation, including hearing aid fitting and supporting the emotional reactions to hearing problems, stemmed from this time.

Following periods as an audiologist at the Royal Melbourne Hospital and the Royal Children's Hospital, Myriam joined the Victorian Deaf Society HEAR (Hearing Education and Aural Rehabilitation) Service where she remained for fourteen years. While there, she was drawn to the challenge of providing effective tinnitus and hyperacusis management. Myriam had the opportunity at HEAR Service to focus intensively on tinnitus and hyperacusis therapy for five years, co-ordinating the HEAR Service Tinnitus and Hyperacusis Program for most of that time.

Myriam is experienced in providing audiological evaluation and therapy for acoustic shock disorder (ASD) clients, ASD workplace consultancy and regularly lectures in ASD. She is committed to the research and development of new and innovative approaches to tinnitus, hyperacusis, misophonia and ASD therapy, utilising her clinical experience of Tinnitus Retraining Therapy (TRT) and psychological strategies. Myriam is closely involved with theTinnitus Association of Victoria, contributing information material for their website.

Qualifications

Bachelor of Science, University of Melbourne, 1973

Postgraduate Diploma of Audiology, 1974 - the first year an academic qualification in audiology was available in Australia

Melbourne, 2000: Tinnitus Retraining Therapy (TRT) course run by Professor Pawel Jastreboff, who developed the neurophysiological model of tinnitus and, with Dr Jonathan Hazell, developed TRT

Presentations

Oral and poster presentation of preliminary results at the Xth International Tinnitus Seminar, Florianopolis, Brazil March 2011, where the scientific committee selected this research as the best electronic poster, winning the inaugural Jack Vernon Award for originality, innovation, study design, analysis and ultimate impact on the field of tinnitus.

5th Tinnitus Research Initiative Conference, August 19-21, 2011, Buffalo, NY, USA, published in a special edition of Noise and Health Journal, dedicated to a selection of papers from this conference: Noise and Health Journal, Mar-Apr 2013, Volume 15, Issue 63 pp117-128.
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